反はん語ご法ほう

noun

irony; rhetorical question

Refers to the rhetorical device of stating the opposite of what one means, or asking a question to imply its opposite. Often used in literary or formal analysis.

• この詩しでは反はん語ご法ほうが効こう果か的てきに使つかわれている。

  Irony is used effectively in this poem.

• 「まさか」という表ひょう現げんは反はん語ご法ほうの一いっ種しゅだ。

  The expression 'masaka' is a kind of rhetorical question.